Yes, the original tongue-in-cheek horror/comedy, which played off of bigger monster movies like JAWS, is looking to be next on the remake chopping block. Originally directed by Joe Dante, PIRANHA may feel dated and a little on the goofy side, but as it came out around the time of JAWS (when monster shark movies were huge), I just don’t know if it’d come off the same way to today’s audiences.
Also, can you see Aja doing a light-hearted horror/comedy/spoof? It seems to me that he’d do it about as hardcore as any movie called PIRANHA you could imagine- and there’d be no tongue placed firmly in any cheek (but more likely a few being grotesquely ripped out). But maybe that’s what the world needs right now: a hardcore brutal horror movie about man eating Piranha’s. I can dig it.
Of course, as it’s reported via IESB, it’d be wise to take this with a grain of salt until it becomes ‘officially announced’ in the trades (i.e. Variety and/or The Hollywood Reporter). To check out the full scoop, go ahead and click HERE, and stick around as this is either classified as a ‘rumor’ or ‘the real deal’ within the next couple of weeks.